EEG alpha activity reflects motor preparation rather than the mode of action selection

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Deiber, Marie Pierre ^a,b   Sallard, Etienne ^c   Ludwig, Catherine ^d   Ghezzi, Catherine ^a   Barral, Jérôme ^c   Ibañez, Vicente ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha band activity; Externally cued action; Internally cued action; Motor preparation; Motor selection; Motor related amplitude asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84865106372     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00059     Document Type: Article

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